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More On The Izabella Rumor

6/11/99, 10:07 am EST - Xoanon

Xoanon here,

Ahh, I love the spy business. Last night I send the word out that I want the article from this Izabella rumor, the next day It's mine! THE POWER!!

Thanks to Matthias and Mia

The paper is called Sydsvenska Dagbladet but the article stems from TT, the national news agency in Sweden.

here you have an extract from Swedish media concerning Izabella:

Swedish media had a newsflash yesterday (10/6) concerning the Swedish/Polish actress/model/singer Izabella Scorupco, known from movies such as �Goldeneye�. Apparently Izabella had a sort of nervous breakdown and turned down offers to play the leading role in �LA Confidential� and �Zorro�. The last year she starred in the Polish movie �With fire and sword� and that has been a huge success and now she is ready for more.

For the moment she is starring in the swedish thriller �The Diver�, and the shoting of that movie should be ready during the late summer of 1999. And after that, (this is where we get to the interesting part!) she will probaply go directly to another filmset, but Izabella is not very open about this:

- It�s a big American movie, with known actors and a known director. The set is taking place far away. But I have not yet signed the contract so I dare not say more about this project.

But Izabella hints that the set is staged in New Zeeland and says:

- My part is quite tough, physically that is. But I�m sure it will be OK.

What she mean with this she will not say, but she thinks that it will be official in one or a couple of weeks.

News for Jun. 10, 1999

Fan Art Update

6/10/99, 9:02 pm EST - Calisuri

Check out Fan Art page for the latest.
I'm going to post my impressions of the offical site now: "HOLY CRAP! ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!" (The day I get that good is the day I retire!)

Scuropco Ready to Sign?

6/10/99, 8:29 pm EST - Xoanon

Xoanon here,

Just recieved a report from a 'Ringer' spy.

Read an interview today with the Swedish actress Izabela Scuropco (played the female character in "Golden Eye"). She insinuated that she is going to
play a role in LOTR. She said her character looks strange but that she'll manage to play it...

The only problem concerining this rumour is that Izabela hasn?t signed the contract but in one or two weeks it will be official.

Hmmm, it seems that casting has begun. Great things are afoot!

Tehanu Chimes In...

6/10/99, 7:57 pm EST - Xoanon

Tehanu has seen the pics, what does she think of them? Let her tell you herself

Hi there,

I've just looked at the official website 'secret link'
pictures...double-clicked on the ones ones in the 'Creation' section...and felt like I'm home. I've climbed those mountains, I recognise those landscapes, the rocks and the trees...! Check out the hobbits in Mordor in the first pic against the Tongariro pics on our 'Speculative locations.' I swear I've stood on the twisted lava slopes of the mountain looking across the Desert Road plateau, it looks like that. And check the landscape in the pic of the Rider, #7 I think, against some of our "Shire Locations" shots. That is where we were, near Matamata, with the fields and hedgerows. And the last image, of the golden grass plains before the mountains...for a moment I thought I was looking at one of Craig Potton's photos of the Southern Alps near
Arthur's Pass.

And here's a description of a prospective Elf I met, for anyone that's interested in what kind of'type' they're casting: Tall and slender, with unusually pale skin and dark hair. A slightly triangular face, fine-boned and with rather delicate and clear features.
The kind of arched eye-brows I always think of as 'gull-winged.' In case all this makes him sound like one of those drifty dreamy effete elf-types you see on some calendar art, I should add that this person has immense presence. Whether moving or at rest he has a kind of energy, a sense of mercurial intelligence and alertness about him. He moves with a lithe coordinated grace (mind you, there aren't too many clumsy actors in the trade, are there?)

If this is the type of person PJ is considering for elf-roles, I think the movie will be well served. My acquaintance is unable to reveal whether he's in line for a part as a major Elf or just abackground Elf....time will tell.

Official Site Sneak Preview!

6/10/99, 10:36 am EST - Xoanon

Thanks to a super 'Ringer' spy you can now see a sneak preview of the Official Lord of the Rings New Line Site!

http://www.lordoftherings.net/main.html

That should take you straight there, check it out before they move it!

Here is some more info about the site:
Some parts of the site have been active since 16 of may.
Some of the programs they are using are Adobe Photoshop 5.2, Adobe ImageReady
So, those guys at New Line are human after all!
Some of the Meta Tag 'Keywords' they have listed (those who know what Meta Tags are, because I barely do) are Angry Monkey, someone must have thought that was funny.
More comming soon!

News for Jun. 09, 1999

Wallpaper and Chapter 6

6/09/99, 5:17 pm EST - Calisuri

Hey, added a subsection to the fan art page today. Check out the wallpaper sent in by Agland!

Xoanon introduces us to Chapter 6 in his Xoanon Rants section.

More to come...be prepared...be very prepared..:P

Official Site Open?

6/09/99, 1:02 pm EST - Xoanon

Thanks to Joram for this scoop:

New Line Cinema is preparing their official site,
www.lordoftherings.net, for future use it seems.

Checked out the new 1 volume LOTR paperback that
is available in bookstores. Nice job for a paperback
even though a little pricey for most people, $20 list.

Anyway, if you look at the back cover there's a New
Line logo. Underneath the logo it states that LOTR
will be an upcoming film and next to the logo is the
URL: www.lordoftherings.net. A quick check of Web
Whois confirms that this is registered to New Line. It
looks like this will be the official site!

If you go there now all that is up is a simple html
page stating "Lord of the Rings -
www.lordoftherings.net." But, with the paperback out
you have to believe that this site will be active pretty
soon.

Thanks goes out to 'Esad' for some excellent
sleuthing!

News for Jun. 09, 1999

Two New Additions

6/08/99, 11:08 pm EST - Calisuri

Look at those side links. They just keep getting bigger!

With all the talk about fan-art on the message board we decided it would be a great idea to have a section of our own. Submit anything you have to me today!..:)

Corvar also put together a pretty darn nifty search engine. Check it out!

More stuff coming later this week...

News for Jun. 07, 1999

Voice of Gollum Chosen!!!

6/07/99, 8:09 pm EST - Xoanon

Xoanon here,

It's with great excitement that I announce that the voice for Gollum has been cast!

Another email spy has been in contact with the Victoria Burrows' casting office and has garnered this tantilizing piece of info.

a) The voice actor is "Name" talent (i.e., they're going to use his name to
help market the film because he's a very well known actor).

b) The Producers (Peter Jackson, et al.) are very happy they got the "Name"
they wanted.

ah ha! Well, at least this gives us something more to talk about than Sean Connery.

Connery Passes on Gandalf Role?

6/07/99, 5:19 pm EST - Xoanon

Xoanon here,

You know how I hate rumor mongering. But this little piece of news came from me by way of Meridoc (keep sending those email spy reports guys!)

Meridoc told me that during an email conversation with a certain 'New Line' suit that the big SC passed on the role as Gandalf. He is not sure if Conney has expressed interest in any other role.

He also told me that Sir Anthony Hopkins name was mentioned during the conversation.Hmm, judging from the way AH has been talking about acting in general, I doubt he'd sign on for a 3 year big picture deal...but that's just me..

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